Apartment-bed and latch.



L. E. FRYE.

APARTMENT BED AND LATCH.

MMJUAMON HLBD 1mm?, 1012.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

L. E. FRYE.

APARTMENT BBD AND LATCH,

APPLluA'MoN rILEn APR. x7, 1912 l ,055, 304. Patented M211'. 4, 1913 2 SHEETS-"SHEET 2,

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFIcE.

LEE E. FRYE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO NAPOLON B. DOUGLABS.,

I F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. h

APARTMENT-BED' AND LATCH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Main-1, 1913.

Original application filed November 21; 1910, Serial No. 593,543. Divided and this lapplication led April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,400.

fand countyv of San Francisco .and State of of parts a Id the bed partly swung California, have invented new and useful Improvementsl in Apartment-Beds and Latches, of which the following is a speciiication. n i

My inventibn relates to improvements in beds, and particularly to beds of that class which are turnable vertically into a closet or alcove, so as to be concealed when not in use, and to be turned outwardly into the room and hinged so as to be let down when thus turned into position for use.

The present' invention is particularly directed toward the shiftable stop employed for checking the movement of the door orl panel "'hen' the latter is swung in either direction through'an arc of 180; this latch being automatically shiftable by the movement of the panel.

The.invention comprises the combination' details of construction which will be mor fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings,l in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing out of the closet. Fig. 2 isa perspectiveo the stop latch. Fig. 3 isl a plan section of the closet showing the `bed within the closet. Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the bed swung ,out of the closet. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the trolley hanger connection." A is a door or support upon which the bed B is supported and with relation -to which it may turned to stand in a vertical position when not in use, or extended to a horizontal position when designed yfor use. This supporting door as l will hereafter term it, is turnable about top and bottom supports so as to be reversible in vertical planes.- These supports consist first, of a trolley 2 which is adapted to travel upon a rail 3, which rail is fixed horizontally in -the upper part of the alcove in which the door 1s turnable.' The trolley is carried by 'an arm 4, which is here shown as extending vertically outside of the trolley frame and is bent at right-angles so that this bent portion is substantially in line with the center of the thickness of the door, and a pivot carried by this arm and extending into a socket in the door allows the door to turn' and be reversed without changing the p0- sition of the arm and trolley, thus allowing the latter to slide freely upon the rail B' during the turning of the door. At the bottom of the door and in line with the pivot points o f the bar and yoke t at the top, is a pivot of the guide it's pivots so as to stand substantially in line with the trolley 2 at the top and it is movable in a guide slot transversely at the bottom of the alcove opening, as shown at 6. This guide 5 may be a plain slide of suticient len h to move freely in this slot asv at 6, or 1t may be provided with anti-frictional rollers, at each end. The action of this guide is similar to that of the trolley yoke at the top. turned to reverse, the guide pivots in he center of the bottom of the door, andl inr ine with the pivot at the top. Thus the ,door may be turned to stand in either p ition,

and maintain its proper relation In order o insure door or alcove openln the proper turning o the door the trolley and guide are located nearer to one 4edge of the door than the other, and connected with the top and bottom ofthe door and at the center thereof are bars 7; the opposite ends of the bars being' pivoted to the 'top and bottom of These bars are preferably made of thin, flat met'al to be s'utiiciently rigid and to 5. This guide projects from the door or alcove caslng at pointsV nearer to the edge of the alcove door than its center.

That is when the d oor is' 'th the occupy so little space 1n thickness that the door may turn of its casing without difficulty.

The` operation of this door will then be as follows: The door being in the position which presents its plain face to the room and the bed contained within the alcove, if it is desired tp reverse it, it is turned about the pivots which are formed by the trolley and the slide at the bottom. The bars 7 bein pivoted to the door and having their fixe bctweenihe top and bottom pivots in the top and bottom of the easing,

as before described, will allowl the door to swing; the points of connection of the bars with the door movingin the arc of a circle about their fixed center. Thscauses the trolley Vat the top and'guide at the bottom to move ,transversely of the door openin and the bars 7 continue to move outward y until the door stands at right angles with its opening'and then as the Imovement is con- 4 the door casing,

'combination with a Wall tinued, the trolley and the slide still traveling along their guides the bars 7 Will again be drawn inwardly until the door being closed, they lie in line with the top andbot-` tom of (he door; In order to limit the Inovements of the door in. each direction, I have shown a transversely movable stop 8, which is slielable in a guide 9 fixed tothe side of and having a right angled extension 8a. The door will Contact against this extension" when closed and will pus'h the slide inwardly until` the door is flush with the casing. lVhen turned in the other .direction vthe opposite edge of the door will strike the slide and will move it outwardly *a distance equal to the thickness of the door,

thus insuring-the door standing flush with the casing in either out its positions.

B represents the bed having a head-board ll, and a foot-lmard 12, or equivalent constructions, and adapted to' support mattresses, in the usual manner, but not here shown. A i

This application is a division of m original application` Serial No. 593,543, fi ed November 21, 1910,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. In a reversible wall attachment, the

opening of a reindependent ver.-

versible panel having two I of motion about whlch itis tical centers v limit .ing means by turnable through anv arc of approximately oand a stop automatically shiftable by the panel by which the latter is retained in either of its closed positions.

2. The combination in a reversible wall attachment of a panel centrally turnable on vertical pivots in au opening in the Wall so asto be reversible through an arc of 180 and a transversely shiftable stop at one side of the opening so constructed and arranged that it is engageable on one side by the panel when the latter is turned in one direction to the movement of the panel, and is automatically shiftable by the panel when the latter is reversed and forms a stop therefor.

In a reversible wall attachment, the

combination of a panel turnable on xvertical pivots in an opening inthe Wall, stop mech anism on one side of the panel opening havwhich a stop is presentable in 'the path o the panel and automatically shiftable by the panel to limit the turning movement of the latter, whichever way the panel turns and maintain the panel paralleli with the plane of the wall opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Q y I l Lien E12-Fern. l/Vitnesses L. H. CoNnoN,

JosErH SLYE. 

